Train to Nowhere

Welcome, fellow miners!

A couple of days ago, I finally started playing with minecarts – I know, I know, Dina, you’ve been playing for MONTHS! But I’ve been having so much fun farming and building that mining hasn’t been much of a priority except for basic resource gathering. But we just set up a private family server, and our temporary farm is across a little lake in front of our front door. After numerous trips back and forth on foot, I finally decided to try setting up a track. Easy peasy, there was already a little land bridge set up, so I just had to plop down some track and add a minecart. No problem! But after a couple of days of holding W to get back and forth, I decided to convert it to a powered track.

Uh-oh! This wasn’t so easy. At least, not when you have no idea of how redstone works. So off I go to research redstone and powered rails. After reading several tutorials, viewing a number of YouTube videos, and some failed first attempts, I finally had a setup that works. Press a button and, clickity-clack, off you go to the other side.

The next evening, my partner-in-crime Exenus and I were playing, and he goes outside and says, “… there’s a zombie riding your rail cart.”

I go outside, and sure enough…

Zombie riding minecart

“Look, Ma! No hands!”

 

…LOL! There he goes – back and forth, back and forth! He enjoyed his ride for about twenty minutes before he finally disappeared.

As you can see by the bridge in the air in the picture, I’m now hooked on rail systems. That one is a work in progress for a two-way track to get from our home base to our beach house (also under construction). And we’ve just discovered an abandoned mineshaft a ways south of our base, so we’ll be planning a more complicated system for transporting players and freight – time to do more research!

Have a fabulous day! (Ten minutes at a time.)
~ Fodina ~

 

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Why Minecraft?

fodina_avatarWelcome, fellow miners! I am Fodina (foe-dee-na, from the Latin for “mine”), or Dina for short, and I’m glad you stopped by.

As I contemplated writing this introductory post, I felt a little like Steve on the beach – Just how did I end up here? Well, I guess it’s really all EQN Landmark’s fault. You see, I signed up for Landmark Alpha, and on their forums, everyone kept making comparisons to Minecraft. I had heard of Minecraft but never played or even seen it played. So off I went to look for more information and see if there was a Minecraft demo to check it out for myself.

Okay, seems simple enough – break blocks, place blocks, and don’t let the monsters get you (especially the creeper). What’s all the fuss? Time to try the demo…

Oh. My. God. Simple, yes, but also FUN – with big capital letters and flashing lights! Within minutes I was having a blast. I’ve been playing video games since the Pong console that you hooked up to the TV, and I don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun. And simple, yes, but with the huge (and I mean HUGE) variety of mods available, it can also be as complex as you like. You can play solo, just with friends, or with people from all over the world. You can turn off the mobs and just build, or play “Hardcore” and get just ONE life, or almost anything in between. You can set up different worlds to play one way one day and another way the next. And if you ever find yourself saying, “I wish it had…” chances are someone else did too and there’s a mod out there that adds that feature, or a modder willing to make one.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you’ll drop by again. As soon as I get my computer set up for video capture, I’ll be doing reviews/spotlights of my favorite mods and possibly some Let’s Play series.

Have a fabulous day! (Ten minutes at a time.)
~ Fodina ~

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  • I felt a little like Steve on the beach - Just how did I end up here? #minecraft
  • Simple, yes, but also FUN - with big capital letters and flashing lights! #minecraft